Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-09

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But N the above estimate the manu-
lecturers are given the gross annual Vaiue
Of manufactured goods for 1850, and OF
course there are repetitions of the same
item under different heads. For example,
lumber appears as product Of saw mills,
AID again in the items of wood manu-
facturers and buildings, as well as in the
inventory of products OF forestry; wool
and cotton appear first among the agricuI-
turaI items, next in the textile pro-
auctions, and lastly as items in the value
Of manufactured clothing. Hogs are
called manufacture under the name OF
pork, lard and bacon; cattle appear as
beef, tallow, hides, leather, horns, hair,
glue, and the bones and blood IS
fertilizers.
Deducing the materials from the sggTe-
gate of manufactures, as given in the cen
gus report, ths total is SI,972, 1862.
Moreover, in Mr.. N5mmU's statement the
agricultural product is increased by the
total of live stock, which Is rather pro-
duct OF three years than of one-sn over
estimate OF 81 100000 900. Besides this,
ail the hay crop and three-fOuTths of the
Indian corn crop so 20 the raising Of live
stock and are already reckcned in the in
crease of the live stock. Deduct for these
items and the total snnu8l product ap-
pears about as $1,000, 900, 600. But there
is 8 large amount Of produce consumed
in the farms that does not get reported in
the census schedules. Add 70 this the
manufacture done ct the homes, :
considerable item and the earnings
Of the railroads in so far as they
enhance prices By bringing productions
TO the place OF consumption, and the
actual annual income may be safely
placed al little over 1890, 900, 000-say
$500, 600, 900. This would give 30 cents
per day, or SAG per year, for each in
habitant. The tOtsl taxation, national
and local, takes 10 cents per day, one
tenth Of the average income. The ground
rent amounts TO only one-eighteenth Of
the total average earnings. ii this
would make any great difference in the
wages of the poor, il is certain that
smal! grain Of economy would so much
further
Even in Great Britain land does not in
crease in value so fast es to absorb any
production. Its relative increase in
price has been y per cent. in thirty
years;
100 lOl ll6 l23
Meanwhile the houses have increased
in valuation I38 per cent:
ls5O. 1852. $50. 1852.
100 1870 1911 23s
The aggregate income from manufac-
turing, mercantile employments and pro-
fessions have increased nearly as much as
the houses:
1850. 1850. $50. 1850.
100 l25 III Us
In fact, land in 1901 WIS assessed at
100000, 600 sterling, and in 1852 at only
g $50, 100000 sterling, having scarcely
doubled in eighty years, while the value
OF houses had increased from $500, GOO
10 E2,2S0, 100000 sterling, or more than
seven times the amount st the beginning.
The miscellaneous items of wealth, in the
same eighty years, had increased from
f7S+, 900, 600 to E4,560, 100000. Land in
Great Britain, it would seem, grows
relatively less important as an item in
the national wealth; it proves again that
Mr.. George has been mistaken in his
solution of the problem of progress and
poverty. This would DE our conclusion
were land twice the item it is in national
wealth were it, for example, cents
day instead OF . cents, it would be no